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- 9th - 12th
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Students define and describe internal waves and explain their influence on coastal upwelling. They analyze and discuss the effect of high nutrient concentrations caused by upwelling on the overall condition of Florida coral reefs. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 9th
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Students build a coral reef, then discover organisms that make up the ecosystem. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 9th
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Students watch a slide show presentation of a Coral Reef and discuss its inhabitants. They make a coral reef cake demonstrating the layers and components using different foods. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students identify locations of coral reefs, both in the water and around the globe, identify relative depth of corals in the ocean by observing behavior of cold and warm saltwater, and create models of coral reefs. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students examine how scientists use satellites to study coral reefs. They determine what coral reefs are and how they are important by watching a PowerPoint presentation and role playing as an organism in a reef. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students describe unique adaptations of organisms that live in the coral reef habitat, read various books pertaining to coral reefs and ocean life, and construct a wheel demonstrating the relationships between certain coral reef inhabitants. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students describe a coral reef, how it is formed and its inhabitants. They explain the ecological and economic importance of coral reefs and discuss its present-day threats. Lesson contains adaptations for all levels. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students (teachers) use these set of lesson plans on corals. Each lesson intergrates information presented in the corals tutorial with data offerings from the corals roadmap to resources. These lesson plans focus on the biology of coral reefs and the roles they play in aquatic ecosystems, the benefits of coral reefs to humans, the major threats to coral reefs today, and how satellites are used to monitor and maintain the health of these fragile ecosystems. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students discuss the importance of coral reefs to various organisms. Individually, they use a molding material to create part of a relief structure of a coral reef. To end the lesson, they combine all sections of the reef together. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students review information about coral reefs. They locate Haiti on a map and watch a video and read from their textbooks about coral reefs in Haiti. They draw/create a 3-D coral reef out of yarn, sponges, and construction paper. Full Review »
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